I don't get this interview. The host keeps harping about whether or not the movie is a correct depiction of what happened. Who cares? It's a work of fiction based on a real life story, not a documentary. Even if Sorkin's only concern were perfect fidelity to the truth, rather than a desire to tell an entertaining story, he'd still have to pick and choose what to show, and make up dialogue. Once you've hired actors, and a director, and built sets, it's no longer about whether its true or not.

That was a stupid interview. Howard Kurtz clarifies to Aaron Sorkin that the film he wrote is not a documentary. I'm pretty sure everybody knows that Justin Timberlake is a singer and not the co-creator of Napster. I guess that's CNN for you. Groundbreaking interviews making sure you know a film with actors is not a documentary. Thank you CNN. I think this proves that you get smarter questions in the comments section of a blog than on a news channel.

I was going to mention that Howard mispronounced your name, but had I not been a Mariner fan, I may have also. The name is commonly pronounced La-Veen, including the Seattle Rabbi that was a good friend of my family.

Is it more or is Ken feeling overly flattered that Aaron Sorkin responded to his blog?Granted, Aaron Sorkin is more a household name now because he's a showrunner and he's done more recently but doesn't Ken have more Emmys or more show credits or something like that?

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